The surviving solid of the hit sitcom Mates say they’re mourning the “unfathomable” demise of their co-star Matthew Perry over the weekend.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer launched a joint assertion to Individuals, CNN and the BBC late Monday that marked their first feedback since Perry was discovered lifeless in his Los Angeles house on Saturday at age 54.
“We’re all so completely devastated by the lack of Matthew,” the assertion signed by the 5 actors stated. “We had been extra than simply solid mates. We’re a household.”
The co-stars stated they might have extra to say about Perry and his demise “as and after we are in a position,” including they had been sending their ideas and like to Perry’s household, buddies and followers.
“There may be a lot to say, however proper now we’re going to take a second to grieve and course of this unfathomable loss,” the assertion stated.
World Information has not independently acquired the assertion.
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The trigger and method of Perry’s demise are nonetheless being decided by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Workplace, following completion of an post-mortem with toxicology checks.
Perry’s demise got here one 12 months after publication of his memoir, Mates, Lovers, and the Huge Horrible Factor, which chronicled his decades-long wrestle with addition to prescription painkillers and alcohol. On the time, Perry stated he had been sober for about 18 months.
Perry, Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc and Schwimmer had been catapulted to worldwide fame shortly after Mates debuted in 1994. The sitcom remained a highly-watched hit all through its 10 seasons and stays in style on streaming.
The solid reunited for a reunion particular in 2021 on HBO Max the place Perry talked about their continued bond, which lasted nicely past the top of the present.
“One of the best ways that I can describe it’s after the present was over, at a celebration or any type of social gathering, if one in every of us ran into one another, that was it. That was the top of the night time. You simply sat with the individual all night time lengthy and that was it,” Perry stated.
“You apologized to the individuals you had been with, however they needed to perceive you had met anyone particular to you and also you had been going to speak to that individual for the remainder of the night time,” he continued. “And that’s the best way it labored.”
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The co-creators of Mates, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, in addition to govt producer Kevin Vivid, wrote in an announcement that they “are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved good friend Matthew’s passing.”
A number of actors who co-starred on Mates have shared tributes to Perry since his demise on Saturday together with Paul Rudd, Paget Brewster and Aisha Tyler.
Morgan Fairchild, who performed mom to Perry’s Chandler Bing on the present, and Maggie Wheeler, who performed Chandler’s someday girlfriend Janice, additionally expressed their heartbreak.
“The world will miss you Matthew Perry,” Wheeler wrote in a message on Instagram.
“The enjoyment you dropped at so many in your too quick lifetime will reside on,” she added. “What a loss.”
—with recordsdata from World’s Kathryn Mannie, the Related Press and Reuters
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